Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2016

By 2002 I realized that what was classically called a rollup strategy was not generally effective, at least not for me. At the essence of the approach is a focus on two things – acquiring people and product. The classically rollup strategy was much more focused on acquiring revenue.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

You want to see your product or service performing in the hands of real users. Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission. I’m never surprised when I see product development driven by engineers proceeding at top speed developing the next cool thing. How about your Marketing Plan ?

Technical Review 48

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Through case studies, exercises, and discussions, Eric Ries will guide entrepreneurs of all stripes through the key areas that determine success for startups: product, engineering, QA, marketing, and business strategy. This workshop presents a new methodology that will allow you to bring new products -- and companies -- to life.

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Scott Edward Walker

JULY 6, 2011

at 11:40) “[In 2002,] nobody would fund consumer … Meanwhile, I was raising money for one-and-a-half years unsuccessfully, sleeping on couches; I had to set-up a set of rules for myself how long I would freeload off any one individual.” (at 17:50) “You actually don’t really want people thinking your product is cool…because then you’re a fad.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Customer personas are often talked about in marketing and product design, but they’re almost never done well. You use them to make better marketing, product, and business decisions and to keep your customer top-of-mind when doing so. We planned a series of questions that could aid both product and marketing.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 7, 2017

User personas are often talked about in marketing and product design, but they’re almost never done well. You use them to make better marketing, product, and business decisions and to keep your customer top-of-mind when doing so. We planned a series of questions that could aid both product and marketing.

Software Review 102

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

When it was spun out as a a separate company, Iridium’s 1990 business plan had assumptions about potential customers, their problems and the product needed to solve that problem. Second, since it knew the solution, it went into a 8 -year Waterfall engineering development process. Motorola Dynatac 8000x ~1987. It All Came Crashing Down.

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I remember calling up my best friend to tell her I was starting a company but refused to tell her how the product would work. Ill help with product development ideas, offer feedback, make intros to investors (if I would myself invest.)--anything Most companies miss the mark on the first product. Been there.

Stealth 90

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Alexia Tsotsis: Since people like me (millennials) are putting pressure on our IT departments to buy products that we can actually use and aren’t blinded by, what do you think the enterprise space will look like in the next five years? Marc Andreessen: Yeah. So that’s how it started. It became very hard to get businesses to adopt new stuff.

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Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

She had over 15 years doing product management and corporate management before she became an entrepreneur. She is recognized as a design and innovation leader in high-impact and philanthropy product development. She was ranked 5th on Forbes’ Top 10 Social Media Power Influencer list. Website: talentculture.com.

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